Bankroll Beatdown

Published 11:26 pm, Thursday, July 25, 2013

Tim Wilkin and Mike Jarboe each was given a mythical $2,000 to spend as he sees fit during the Saratoga season.

Tim Wilkin

Mr. Scanlon is branching out. He was out of the press box for a time Thursday. At first, I thought he was looking for scraps outside the Shake Shack. Nope. Seems the clown prince of horse racing was down in the winner's circle, where he said a friend of a friend of a long lost friend was part owner of a horse. Scanlon went down to show his support. Scanlon came back and declared that he thinks it's time to get involved in the thoroughbred ownership game. His new pals at Sackatoga might have to invite in this boob. Or perhaps, since he was writing about being a Soprano wannabe today, he can try to purchase one of Pie-O-My's descendants. Dope. For today, $10 early doubles Doctor Chit (1st) with Tanglewood Tale/I Jus Wanna Hav Fun; $30 win Runs Like A Kitten (e) in 6th, $5 exacta box with Gridiron Gator and Present Course and Runs Like A Kitten.

Total bets: $80

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Saratoga almanac

Today's feature: $100,000 Curlin, 11/8 miles, 3-year-olds

Morning-line favorite: Transparent & Romansh (entry), 5-2

Forecast: High 81, mostly cloudy, 20 percent chance of rain

Thursday's recap

Attendance: 12,818

To date: 93,327

Feature winner, odds: Central Banker, The Quick Call, 4-1

Paid: $10.40, $5.50, $4.00

Thursday's results: Was way off on the thinking that Jitney could recapture past glory at the Spa. That triple went into the sewer. Did get a minor hit with White Rose ($7.90). It's a start.

Winnings: $9

Bankroll: $1,589

Mike Jarboe

Wilkin is known in the press box as Question Man. Why? Because he is full of stupid, stupid questions. Never runs out of stupid questions. Question Man asked of people Thursday: Cast the Sopranos show with people we know. Who thinks of things like that? He announced that he would play Furio. Nah. Furio is too tough; I think Timmy could play a good A.J. Jr. Or maybe Johnny Sack's pool boy. Sometimes with him up here I wish the day would end with the screen going blank. But a grudging congrats to him for a six-winner Thursday. For this fine day, $10 across the board on nuclear bomb Left Uppercut, fifth. In the eighth, $10 doubles, Midnight Taboo and Transparent with Quiet Ending and Lawless Miss. $2 exacta box in the finale, Schertzer, Mr Algebra, Coach Royal.

Today's bets: $82

Thursday's results: Horrible end to my pick-3 sequence as Willet was beaten by a lip in the last leg. Price would have been short anyway with the 1-to-a-million Pletcher winning the first leg. No dice on anything else. Scratches saved us some coin.